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Patented Dec. 13, 1921,

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APPLICATION FILED MAR. 15. 1920.

Patented Dec, 13, 1921.

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ounce STATES GEORGE F. HAHN, O]? CLEVELAND, OHIO.

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' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 13, 1921.

Application filed March 15, 1920. Serial No. 365,718.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE F. HAHN, a citizen of the United States, residing'at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tables, of which the following is a specification.

This invention pertains to an improvement in tables, and the object of the invention is to produce a rigid and durable table made of separate sheet metal parts which are particularly constructed to permit convenient assembly and disassembly substan- 15 tially as herein shown and described and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings accompanying this application, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a completed table, and Figs. 2 and 3 are vertica-l sections longitudinally and transversely of the table. F ig. 4c is a perspective view of the four side panels of the table united together. Fig. 5 is a top end view of one of the table legs, Fig. 6 is an elevation of the inner side thereof, and Fig. 7 is a bottom end view of the leg. Fig.8 is a horizontal section, enlarged, of one corner formed by two side panels and the upper end of one of the legs, and Fig. 9 is a vertical section enlarged of the top and one side of the table. Fig. 10 is across section horizontally on line 10-10, Fig. 9, through one of the legs.

The table herein shown and described is adapted to be made of relatively lightweight sheet-metal, and for domestic use it will be painted or enameled in any suitable shade or color, preferably gray or white. As constructed the table is lighter in weight than the Wooden kitchen tables in common use but relatively much stronger, neatr in appearance, and more sanitary. Moreover, it is capable of being knocked down and disassembled to promote its shipment in a compact package, and it is also easily assembled and erected for use.

Thus, the sides and ends of the table are formed by four elongated sheet metal panels 2, 3, 4 and 5, respectively. Each panel has its upper and lower longitudinal edge portions turned inwardly at right angles to provide upper and lower reinforcing flanges 6 and 7, respectively, and the end panels 4 and 5- are of slightly less height or depth than the side panels 2 and 3 to permit their ends to be nested or snugly fitted between the flang es 6 and 7 of the side panels, and by inserting rivets or stove bolts 8 through registering openings in the overlapping portions of the flanges of these panels all four panels will be united together to provide a rectangular open frame or body for the table, see Fig. 4.

The Hat top 9 of the table comprises a single sheet of metal formed with a raised or beaded border 10 which is bent downwardly at 11 and folded inwardly at 12 arounda wooden border strip 14, and the depressed portion or shoulder 15 at the inner side of the raised border also acts to con fine and hold the wooden strip 14 in place. Each side and. end border portion of the top 9 is thus built up and reinforced by a wooden strip 14, and these wooden. strips serve as noise-deadening seats and as a convenient means for attaching the top to the flanges 6 of the side and end panels without perforating the metal top or showing the uniting elements. Thus, referring to Fig. 9, the wooden or fiber strip 14 is shown as seated upon the inturned flange 6 of the side panel 2 which is retired or placed inwardly in respect to the outer vertical portion 11 and adjacent the i'nturned edge 12 of the top and with this folded portion 12 lying in the same horizontal plane as flange 6 flush against the bottom side of the wooden strip 14. Screws 16 may be used to clamp the wooden strip to the flange and thereby fasten the top 9, removably in place; and to all outward appearances no wood forms part of the table, the wooden reinforcing strips 14 are protected by being inclosed, and the joint itself and the fastening. devices are completely concealed.

The table further comprises legs 17 which are detacliably united with the corner meeting ends of the panels which form the rectangular frame or body for the "table, and each leg is particularly constructed to be rigid and strong in itself and to provide a firm detachable union with the bod Thus each leg comprises a metal angle 1% having its right-angled sides or flanges braced and connected by an intervening strip 18 of metal for a part of its length. That is, this strip extends upwardly from tom end of the angle piece to within a short distance of the upper end thereof, and the uncovered or extending upper portion of the angle piece 17 is adapted to embrace and lie flush against the outer faces of the panels at the botappear light of the meeting or corner ends of such panels, see Fig. 8. The upper end of each leg therefore completely incloscs the corner and by providing registering openings in the sides of the legs and the panels, separate bolts may be used to detachably unite each leg to one side panel and to one end panel, thereby rigidly fastening the meeting panels together as well as securing the le in place. Inasmuch as the inside strip 18 of the leg is disposed in a plane at an angle of approximately 45 to the faces of such panels beneath the corner where fastened to the panels this strip serves as a strut or bracerat' the corner and the inner side of each leg. Further, this strip provides a triangular leg which can be made tapering, relatively light in weight and still stiff and strong; and it contributes materially in making the table weight as well as actually reducing its weight in the leg portion thereof without sacrifice in strength. The bottom end of each leg is preferably closed and providedwith a slight semi-spherical protuberance 20, and the bottom lip or flange 21 in which this protuberance is formed may be either an extension of one of the side walls of the an le piece. 17 or it may be an integral part cut at right angles from the bottom strip 18. Strip 18 is also preferabl .a separate piece of metal sweated or welde at its longitudinal edges to the angle piece 17.

As shown, panel 2-has a rectangular opening 22 adapted to receive a drawer 23, and wooden or metal strips 24 may be seated and secured at their opposite ends upon and to the bottom flanges 7 of the front and rear panels 2 and 3, respectively, to support the drawer in a sliding position Within the main frame or body of the table.

What I claim is:

1. A table, comprising a rectangular metal frame, legs at each corner of said rectangw lar frame, and a fiat metal top having a narrow raised border and narrow wooden strips folded and confined wholly within said raised border and adapted to be seated upon and united with said frame.

2. A table, comprising a rectangular frame, a flat metal top having a raised border portion providing a shoulder and a channeled seat for a wooden strip and bent downwardly and inwardly at its outer edge and havin a wooden strip folded wholly within sai channeled seat and border portion, in combination with a rectangular frame having a seating flange for said top, and legs detachably united with the corners of said frame.

Signed at Cleveland, in the county of Cufihoga, and State of Ohio, this 10th day of arch, 1920.

GEORGE F. HAHN. 

